Sechium

      Sechium
      Sechium edule
      Scientific classification
      Kingdom: Plantae
      (unranked): Angiosperms
      (unranked): Eudicots
      (unranked): Rosids
      Order: Cucurbitales
      Family: Cucurbitaceae
      Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
      Tribe: Sicyeae
      Subtribe: Sicyinae
      Genus: Sechium
      P.Browne
      Species
      • S.chinantlense
      • S.compositum
      • S. edule - chayote
      • S.hintonii
      • S.pittieri
      • S.venosum[1]
      Synonyms[2]

      Sechium is a genus in subtribe Sicyinea of the tribe Sicyeae of the gourd family Cucurbitaceae. Its best known member is the edible and widely cultivated Chayote.

      Main species

      • Sechium compositum (Donn. Sm.) C. Jeffrey
      • Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. The chayote or christophine
      • Sechium hintonii (Paul G. Wilson) C. Jeffrey
      • Sechium jamaicense J. St.-Hil.
      • Sechium tacaco (Pittier) C. Jeffrey
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      References

      1. ^ Rafael Lira Saade (1996). Chayote: Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw.. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. 
      2. ^ "USDA GRIN Taxonomy". 
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      Last modified on 26 February 2013, at 21:03